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4.0 of 5 stars.
awesome customer service!
yelp.com - user review - 10/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Tri is gone to SF but i'm now working with Hilary. she's really good. she has a real knack for cutting hair. she's way hipper and cooler than i am so she has better ideas for my hair than i could...
yelp.com - user review - 10/04/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
So, I can put together outfits, apply some makeup any day, but I am simply useless when it comes to creating that 'coiffed' look with my hair. I found myself in dire need of a last minute haircut and...
yelp.com - user review - 09/29/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I followed Rochelle from Azul Spa, where I saw her for eyebrow waxing/shaping. She's excellent and I always love talking with her.
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I was in search for a new salon after my stylist cancelled on me last week. Luckily I work really close to Artbeat and decided to give it a try, I am SO glad I did. From the first call they were...
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Nice well designed interior. Friendly competent workers. Noel did a great job on my very short hair, it' still growing out very nicely 1 month later and I didn't have that week of it looking bad while...
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am still a loyal customer of Artbeat Salon, and continue to be impressed with the great service I have received there. I wanted to update my review to express how impressed I am with Hilary, one of...
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Third appointment with Starr Violet (Artbeat's Spa Director) and I am so happy with the results! She always a joy to see (very sweet). She never pushes products but makes very personal...
yelp.com - user review - 08/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
After years of passing by this salon, I decided to give it a try. The scalp massage from Travis was divine, the staff was extremely upbeat and friendly. Noel was my stylist and he was absolutely...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I just moved to the east bay from SF and I'm trying to find a place to get my hair cut and eyebrows waxed. I tried this place out for the first time and wasn't too impressed. The space is beautiful....
yelp.com - user review - 07/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a tad overdue however I owe the salon a review.Back in August of last year, I decided that I badly needed bangs. I'd seen one too many pictures on the magazines of glamorous women with the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Senior Stylist Emily rocks soooooo hardcore. BEST:She is new in town and is running a $45 cut special. She took the extra care to dry cut my hair and got to know it well by blowdrying it so that she...
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Wow. I have been meaning to write this review for *years*. No joke. I have been going to Genevieve for almost three years now. She is fantastic. She's incredibly smart and fun to talk to, and...
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I can put together an outfit, and paint on a few pounds of makeup any day, but I am simply useless when it comes to creating that 'coiffed' look with my locks. I found myself in dire need of a last...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
After getting not-so-good haircuts at cheaper places the past year, I decided to splurge and book an appointment here. Noel did such a fantastic job with my hair! He must be a great listener because I...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love Artbeat. Noel has been my hairstylist for seven years, and he never fails to make me feel and look awesome. Recently, Kristin has been doing my hair because Noel and I decided I could "cheat"...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
For most of my life, I've had long hair. I've had it cut short three times now, and the first two times were terrible. Then, I went to Artbeat and saw Kristin. Third time's the charm!Getting a...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Charlene is exceptionally talented and lives up to her website title of "color specialist". Before going to Charlene, I was dissatisfied with a hair coloring job; and, I thought it was un-fixable....
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
People ask who cuts my hair a few times a month. It's Guineveve at Artbeat, and I'm so relieved to have finally found a hairstylist I trust. I found her by lucky accident. On a whim I had asked...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Wow! the lady before me is obviously hard to please, I personally can't find anything wrong with this place SERIOUSLY! I have seen almost every stylist here and have had no problems with any of...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I'm convinced the only reason this place has high reviews is because the workers are willing to fix their mistakes, the owner writes bad review writers emails (as I now know), or because maybe they...
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've been searching for a great stylist in Berkeley/Oakland for, oh, six years and am so thrilled to have found Arbeat. Great atmosphere, great service, no snobbery. I wandered in off Solano and...
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
No more bad hair days!I am neither talented nor interested in the usage of multiple products for my hair. I want to wash it, kind of comb it, and go. I have fine, flyaway hair which really begs for...
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Charlene was very good. As promised, (since I wrote a previous review about unsatisfactory service with another stylist), delivered a great cut with care, professionalism, and good service. She was...
yelp.com - user review - 11/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I followed the new stylist, Try, here from the Aveda institute. She's a true artist and gives a great cut! Am so happy to have found a new stylist who knows what she is doing!
yelp.com - user review - 11/08/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
After getting butchered at two other places in Oakland I'm so glad a friend recommended going to Art Beat. Leilana (my top pick!) is able to cut my very short hair without making me look like a boy....
yelp.com - user review - 11/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a great hair salon! I have been here several times and can now proudly say that this is the only place I go to have my hair done. I have had several of the salons stylists work on my hair......
yelp.com - user review - 10/31/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Genevieve!I visited Artbeat's gorgeous, spacious location recently, and Genevieve is a true professional. Her top notch expertise and attention to detail are second to none. I have stick-straight...
yelp.com - user review - 10/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I received a great haircut at Artbeat by stylist Try, who is relatively new to the salon. Try gave me some good tips on handling my mane, mentioned some products without any sales pressure, which I...
yelp.com - user review - 09/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A friend of mine who's attending the Paul Mitchell Beauty school program in San Francisco recommended Artbeat for wedding hair and makeup. Though I didn't get my makeup done here, Kristin did my...
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Lovely Hair Styling / Art Salon - GENEVIEVE ROCKS!RELAXING ART-FILLED SPACE, FRIENDLY SERVICEFriendly Receptionists greet you and offer refreshing water (with or without cucumber) in their lovely...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Awesome salon on Solano Ave.Aveda salon and art gallery all in one. Even so, it's an incredibly down-to-earth space minus that hoity toity feeling that pervades other salons. My stylist was Noel. He...
yelp.com - user review - 09/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Artbeat's new location is excellent. Big, open, airy, calming. I have had personal experiences with Charlene, Leilana, and Noel all of whom were great. I've gotten my hair cut twice here and both...
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'd just like to update this *ahem* 5 star review with some odd information....I'm being harassed about writing it! By theoretical employees of ArtBeat no less. Maybe yes, maybe no. I'll find out when...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I don't get my hair cut that often because I am basically too lazy to drag my ass to the salon AND I wear my hair in a pony tail 99% of the time. I was finally up for a change and decided to try...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
hilary is a-MAZING! I'm trying to grow my hair really long, but I haven't been the best too it... meaning, I've done everything you're not suppose to do when trying to grow long healthy locks......
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I just had Sarah Gooch for a bang trim. I wasn't able to explain exactly what I wanted- but instead knew what I didn't want. The bangs I had before were heavy and disappointing- but Sarah was able...
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Every two to three years I get a drastic haircut. I go from long to short in just a matter of seconds. This is the third occasion in which I have done this, and let me tell you it is an experience...
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
UPDATE: Sarah's moved away, but Leilana rocks! I just got a great cut and had my unibrow waxed while there, and it was a very relaxing experience! I love the new location, and everyone is so nice....
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Horrible! I went to Tito after reading all the great reviews about him. I wished I never went! First, he made me wait an hour before seeing me. Then he took forever to cut my hair. And it's not...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I got an A-line bob with Sarah and let me just say that she is fab! She's a great conversationalist...I definitely did not have to sit through any of those awkward hair cut silences.Anyways...a few...
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Nice salon, but I had a very unsatisfactory experience. In fact, it was awful. I left with my hair fried, pretty much in ruins, and wanting to cry. I read other great reviews for genevieve, so...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
when tito was here, i gave this place 5 stars, and i am a loyal tito fan and will be following him wherever he goes.but artbeat itself is a good salon. the stylists are generally great, take their...
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have to say that this review is long overdue and I wish I could remember the name of my stylist because she was awesome. This was my first experience at an AVEDA salon and I don't think I'll ever go...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Tracy rocks! I was in the initial shock going so short but after I got back home, I knew that it was exactly what I wanted. I look hip and sexy and that was a big change that I wanted before I even...
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Fantastic! Great Price! Great Atmosphere! Friendly people! Wonderful products and treatment! I tried Artbeat today for the first time. I have been going to Cowboys and Angels in San Fransisco for...
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My life would have been different had I known about Artbeat earlier. I was desperate for some hair treatment when Carlton Int'l and Cowboys &Angels, where I had been going for the past 2 years, were...
yelp.com - user review - 01/08/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Noel is the best! He has been slowly nursing me off of a dreadful red-ish dye job (from a previous hairdresser who insisted I go red), and I gotta say the last incarnation is just fabulous. I even got...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I used to get my hair done here for a few years and used to really love it. The stylists are talented and they know their stuff, to be sure. However, the last few times I went was after Judy sold...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I went here after reading all the great reviews on Yelp but was really disappointed. Yes, the salon itself was pretty cool with local artwork on the walls, but it suffered from that familiar problem...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Thank you Artbeat and Sarah! The 2 cuts I had previous were horrendous, leaving me to do nothing to my hair for 6 months. I couldn't wait any longer and had been to Artbeat for an amazing facial and...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Treating the tresses is an expensive and time-consuming process. I'd rather not have a tally at the end of my life listing the hours I've spent sitting in salons, flat-ironing, blow drying, washing...
yelp.com - user review - 12/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dear Lady's and gentlemen,First off I want to clear something up... to miss flat haired Michelle w. who went and saw Tito the other day!!! That really sucks that you had to wait for an hour... but to...
yelp.com - user review - 11/26/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I went to Artbeat for the first time with a friend, in fact it was her first time as well. So basically if we went to a bad place we would at least be sharing each others misery. But fortunately we...
yelp.com - user review - 11/17/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I have never paid so much for such a plain haircut. Could have gone to Supercuts... I am so tired of trying Berkeley salons and getting disappointed. There's nothing really wrong with the cut. It's...
yelp.com - user review - 11/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is part 2 of a review for Melody Jones, post Artbeat Salon era...Unfortunately (for Artbeat Salon), Melody has moved on to the next phase in her career - but fortunately for the rest of us, she...
yelp.com - user review - 10/20/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My husband has been going to see Jay Dee religiously now for over a year. He was never a "salon" kinda guy. But man oh man did Jay Dee change him... and me! About 5 years ago I got into donating my...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
The two stars are for the customer service and friendliness of the staff. Otherwise my experience at this salon was far from acceptable. I had a maintenance cut here on a short length style that I've...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I was so excited about my haircut this afternoon, that I jumped up and down in the salon! I told my stylist, Noel, that I wanted to grow my hair out, and I liked the length of my bangs. He cut my hair...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I do a lot of online research (restaurants, etc) and as most people know, it doesn't always work out. I felt I needed a new do and was looking for a place that had a reputation for quality service....
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Went to Yelp when I needed a new stylist and I'm so glad I did. Tracy at Artbeat gave me the best cut I've had in ages. I sort of knew what I wanted, and she was willing to listen, but she also added...
yelp.com - user review - 08/31/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I found artbeat on yelp and I am happy i did. I used to be one of those people who went to supercuts because I was too cheap to spend money on a good haircut. That is before I realized how good a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I use to get my eyebrows waxed at a nail salon, only to have have my skin ripped off until someone suggested I see Irene at Pure Beauty. Since then she has left Pure Beauty and is now at Artbeat...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Irene and Jaydee at Art Beat are wonderful! Jaydee styled my hair for my wedding and Irene did my make-up and I can't even tell you about what great customer service they gave me. They both listened...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Tracy Tracy Tracy! She's awesome. She can take me from full-on rocker mullet to work-worthiness and back again. Great at color as well, and I've never had a problem booking an appointment at the last...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
(sigh). well, i received a critique of my review, mainly because it called out a certain stylist. to wit: "I feel as though having issues with a business is one thing (so, comments about Artbeat...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
http://www.yelp.com/writeareview/biz/L3CIeiJhZt7NOcK1lyYGMQ?#Noel has done my hair twice now, once as a hair cut and once for color. He does a great job! Knowledgeable, good eye for cut and color,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm from NJ, but was in Berkeley visiting a friend and decided to give Artbeat a try, and make a fantastic decision! Melody cut my hair and gave me the best haircut of my life. Although I went in...
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
LOVE IT!I'm still receiving compliments a full month after my haircut. You should KNOW how important hair is to a girl, particularly to me. I have great hair, that looks good long. Is that hard for...
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The best salon experience and expertise! Charlene is a master of color and style, she has sucessfully created a hip atmosphere that is also very relaxing. Each visit never fails to feel like a special...
yelp.com - user review - 11/08/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I would rather that someone spend more time than less to make sure the job is done right! The art in the salon is also pretty amazing-- a fun place for sure.
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Unfortunately, my favorite stylist Melody has moved down the street. But I still highly recommend Artbeat (Charlene in particular).
yelp.com - user review - 05/18/2006
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